CLINICAL EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CLINICAL EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
clinical exercise physiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a subspecialty of exercise physiology that
investigates the relationship between exercise & chronic disease; mechanisms & adaptations by which
exercise influences the disease process; & the importance of exercise testing and traingin in the
prevention, & evaluation of these diseases and treatments



cancer (colon, breast, reproductive), CVD, falling, health-related quality of life, mood & mental health,
non-insulin dependent diabetes (Type II), obesity, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, overall mortality -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅diseases & conditions related to a lack of exercise



women, children, specific ethnicities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅high-risk groups that need disease
prevention



limits disabilities & improves outcomes for many diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅why "treat" with
exercise



has a strong knowledge base in anatomy & physiology, chemistry & biology, psychology; undergrad or
graduate degree in the field; clinical internship up to 600 hours; ACSM certified - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅schooling background of clinical exercise physiologists



first exercise phsyiology text (year) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Physiology of Bodily Exercise by Ferdinand
LaGrange (1889)



Harvard Fatigue Lab - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅early 1900's



Sid Robinson studied the effects of exercise on aging-first documented "clinical" use of exercise -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅late 1930's



Dr. Ken Cooper popularized 'aerobics'; regular exercise considered key to optimal health; bed
rest=decreased fitness; Herman Hellerstein: bed rest detrimental to those with heart disease - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1960's

,developing in-patient and out-patient cardiac rehab - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1970's to 90's



ACSM initiative - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"Exercise is Medicine"



basic info about commonly used drug therapies; studied effects on exercise - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the
point of studying pharmacology



insulin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pharmacological treatments of Type I diabetes



hypoglycemia & weight gain - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅adverse effects of insulin



oral hypoglycemics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pharmacological treatments of Type II diabetes



sulfonylureas (Glipizide, chloropropamide), Metformin, Thiazolidinediones (Avandia) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅examples of oral hypoglycemics



interruption of glucose availability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hypoglycemia



constellation of insulin resistance characterized by central obesity, elevated TG's, suppressed HDL-C,
hypertension, &/or prediabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅metabolic syndrome



analgesics (pain relievers) for arthritis & bronchodilators for difficulty breathing; weight loss meds not
normally prescribed unless BMI>30 or lower BMI with CHD: Orlistat (Xenical, Alli) & Sibutramine
(Meridia) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅common pharmacological treatments of met. syndrome



cardiovascular diseases (6) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅angina, arrhythmias, hypertension, MI, congestive
heart failure (CHF) & hypercholesterolemia



B-blockers -olol, Calcium channel blockers- verapamil, Nitrates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pharmacological
treatments of angina

, irregular heart beat ranging from life-threatening to asymptomatic; can require treatment to prevent
fatality & decrease symptoms or other adverse effects - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅arrhythmias



block calcium, sodium & potassium channels in the electrical conduction system of the heart
(Quinidine); decrease exercise tolerance (exercise can precipitate an arrhythmia) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅pharmacological treatments of arrhythmias



diuretics (HCTZ), calcium channel blockers, B-blockers, vasodilators, ACE-inhibitors - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅pharmacological treatments of hypertension, CHF & MI



statins - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pharmacological treatments of hypercholesterolemia



controller (daily) & rescue (as needed) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pharmacological treatments of asthma
& COPD



any individual diagnosed with cancer-pre, post treatment, in recovery or remission - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅cancer survivor



surgery, radiation, chemotherapy (anti-neoplastic/cytotoxic), biologically directed-hormone, immune
therapies - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pharmacological treatments of cancer



cure, control disease by stopping cancer growth & metastisis, extend life & provide quality of life,
palliation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅goals of chemotherapy



work at specific phase of cell cycles; severe side effects because they affect healthy & cancerous cells;
can cause toxicities (cardio- & pulmonary); - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅anti-neoplastic/cytotoxic agents
(caner treatment)



endocrine therapies, antibodies, tumor vaccines; target malignant cells of the biochemical processes
controlling cell growth - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅biologically directed agents (hormone) (cancer
treatments)